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4 components of Medical Terminology
Prefixes
Suffixes
Root
Words
Eponyms
Suffix - "itis" means
Inflammation
Prefix - "Arthro" means
Joint
Root word - "angi" means
vessel
Root word - "cephal" means
Head
Root word - "Derm" means
Skin
Root word - "Photo" means
light
Root word - "therapy" means
Treatment
Prefix - "a(n)" means
Absence
or
without
Prefix - "ab" means
Away from
Prefix - "ad" means
Toward
Prefix - "ambi" means
Both sides
Prefix - "ante" means
Before
or
Forward
Prefix - "Anti" means
Against
Prefix - "apo" means
Away from
Prefix - "Aut(o)" means
Self
Prefix - "bi" means
two
Prefix - "diplo" means
double
Prefix - "dys" means
Difficult
or
painful
Prefix - "ec" means
Out of
Prefix - "end(o)" means
Inward
Prefix - "eu" means
Normal
Prefix - "ex" means
Outside
Prefix - "hetero" means
Other
or
different
Prefix - "hyper" means
above
Prefix - "hypo" means
below
Prefix - "infra" means
Beneath
Prefix - "intra" means
within
Prefix - "juxta" means
Near
Prefix - "Macr(o)" means
Large
or
Long
Prefix - "Mal" means
Bad
or
abnormal
Prefix - "mega" means
great
or
large
Prefix - "meta" means
Beyond or
change
Prefix - "micr(o)" means
Small
Prefix - "mono " means
One
Prefix - "mono " means
One
Prefix - "morph(o)" means
Shape
Prefix - "multi" means
Many
Prefix - "Olig(o)" means
few
or
little
Prefix - "par(a)" means
near
or
beside
or
accessory
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